Mohalla Bus trial from Kailash colony metro station to PNB Gitanjali colony begins
Aug 28, 2024
New Delhi [India], August 28 : Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and MLA Somnath Bharti inaugurated the Mohalla Bus (trial) on a new route from Kailash Colony metro station to PNB Gitanjali Colony on Friday.
The nine-metre-long buses are being introduced to boost last-mile connectivity. The buses, as against the standard 12-m-long vehicles plying on Delhi roads currently, will be fully electric. They will have 23 seats of which six will be reserved for women.
The first route for the bus service will be from Kailash Colony Metro Station to PNB Geetanjali Colony. The second, from Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station to Vasant Vihar Metro Station, this route will cover 6-7 colleges of South Campus.
While speaking to the media Saurabh Bhardwaj said, "For a very long time, there was a demand of posh colonies like Greater Kailash Part 1 and Malviya Nagar to start a small bus service like now Mohalla Bus Service is being started,"
"This bus service will start from Kailash Colony Metro Station and go to LSR College, GK 1 N Block and M Block Market, then GK One E Block, then via Pamposh, GK Two Metro Station...Till Geetanjali bus depo of Malviya Nagar...I thank Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot...," Bhardwaj added sharing the details of the bus report.
Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot said the two additional routes would cover south campus colleges and allow youth to use public transport.
"As our Mohalla Bus trials continue successfully, we will add today 2 more trial routes Kailash Colony Metro station To PNB Gitanjali Colony Lok Kalyan marg metro station To Vasant Vihar Metro station, Which will cover 6-7 south campus colleges Like JMC, Maitreyi Venkateshwara, ARSD, RLA, Motilal This addition will bring public transport to the last mile, especially to young Delhiites," he said in a post on X.
Notably, the Kejriwal government plans to introduce a total of 2,180 such buses by 2025, specifically designed to cater to areas where road width is limited or where overcrowding prevents regular 12-meter buses from operating.
